Salamanca Old & New Cathedrals — Twin Churches Board

Souvenir cutting board featuring Salamanca’s extraordinary twin cathedrals — the Old Cathedral (Catedral Vieja, 12th century, Romanesque) and the New Cathedral (Catedral Nueva, 16th century, Late Gothic) standing side by side, physically connected yet separated by 400 years of architectural evolution. The golden Villamayor sandstone of both buildings glows warm amber at sunset, earning Salamanca its nickname ‘La Dorada’ (The Golden City). A fun detail: during restoration in 1992, a stonemason secretly carved an astronaut and an ice cream cone on the New Cathedral’s facade — now one of Spain’s most beloved Easter eggs for observant visitors.